We all know that many new beginnings are part of past times. Today, the greatest demand is for wall drapery with fabric; this finish is now used in many apartments. Many people not so long ago had the wrong opinion that this method is not practical and very expensive, but modern fabric manufacturers and the latest technologies make it possible to decorate your home with special fabrics.
Advantages of using drapery
Decorating the walls with fabric, you get:
- Gorgeous view of the room, soft outlines.
- Convenience and comfort, smoothed angularities and irregularities.
- There is no need to prepare the walls for work, they do not need to be leveled, although this may be required in the case of pasting the walls with fabric.
- Protection against mechanical types of damage. Such material may stretch a little under load, but it is not damaged.
- Better level of sound insulation than paper wallpaper.
- The textured surface of the material replaces the decorative appearance of the plaster, while not losing its other properties.
Today, wall fabrics can be found in a large assortment, so you can choose the desired finish, as well as combine the texture and color of the walls with curtains and linens for the bedroom.
Materials used for drapery
Patterns of woven draperies can have different designs and sizes, they are created for a specific shape of the final product or decorative element, the assembly and type of fabric are taken into account. A fabric with a denser structure needs deep folds, while a thin one needs smaller and more frequent ones. Patterns can take into account the calculation of the coefficient of a particular assembly, undercuts, curtain tapes, eyelets, rings and cords.
Patterns of lambrequins (ties, frills, cascades) are more complex than straight curtains. It is not possible to create a drapery with the desired structure, which could be folded in the required way, from any type of fabric. Knitwear does not exactly fit, it stretches a lot, which leads to deformation of the fabric, and heavy materials hardly drape. Materials for such ideas should be chosen depending on their purpose.
Light and thin fabrics are suitable for curtains, and dense and heavy fabrics are suitable for curtains. For drapery, you can use fabric that you can gather yourself into falling soft gathers.It is better not to take heavy and hard materials. It is worth giving preference to noble fabrics: velvet, brocade or silk. Brocade is usually used. Silver or golden weaves of threads give it luxury.
How to prepare walls and textiles
See if the fabric will be suitable for draping. For this purpose, take a piece of material, determine the size, wash the workpiece and dry it. If the fabric began to shrink (by 10% or more), then you need to wash it all, in the absence of shrinkage, you can use it without washing. But you will need to iron the fabric. Also, the material should be treated with an antistatic agent, which will reduce the absorption of dust by the fabric.
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